Quotes About Judgment

smart people don't do stupid things for no reason, so one must locate why they are doing something that looks stupid from our point of view but may make sense from their point of view.

The time when Humble Inquiry is often most needed is when we observe something that makes us angry or anxious. It is at those times that we need to slow down, to ask ourselves and others "What's really going on?" in order to check out the facts. Then we ask ourselves how valid our reactions are before we make a judgment and leap into action.

In our pragmatic task-oriented culture we also learn that feelings are a source of distortion and should not influence judgments, and we are often cautioned not to act impulsively on our feelings. But, paradoxically, we may end up acting most on our feelings when we are least aware of them, all the while deluding ourselves that we are carefully acting only on rational assessments. We are often surprisingly oblivious to the influences that our feelings have on our judgments.

When you are giving feedback, try to be descriptive and minimize judgment.

Suppose a boy steals an apple From the tray at the grocery store, And they all begin to call him a thief, The editor, minister, judge, and all the people – «A thief», «a thief», «a thief», wherever he goes. And he can't get work, and he can't get bread Without stealing it, why the boy will steal. It's the way people regard the theft of an apple That makes the boy what he is.

If I had followed my better judgment always, my life would have been a very dull one.

What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.

I notice me. I notice you too. And there are simple things that we don't even try anymore. There's a way out of this. Beat the time. And every time I turn around we got some clever way to put each other down.

The village idiots in her bed Never cared that her eyes were red Never cared that her brain was dead. In the hours that her face was alive It was a thing just to be by her side.

Good taste is the worst vice ever invented.

I often wonder whether a frumpy old woman can ever be quite fair in her estimate of a young and lovely one.

The great inlet by which a colour for oppression has entered into the world is by one man's pretending to determine concerning the happiness of another.

We must not always judge of the generality of the opinion by the noise of the acclamation.

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods." [Preface to Brissot's Address to His Constituents (1794)]

It encourages a stern and ignorant spirit of condemnation; it throws altogether out of gear the healthy movement of the conscience; it invents virtues which are sterile and cruel; it invents sins which are no sins at all, but which darken the heaven of innocent joy with futile clouds of remorse.

Private soul-searching is not enough to determine your call to the ministry. The judgment of the people of God must be sought; long before the time when it must be given formally it should be sought informally.

Everybody seems normal, till you get to know them.

That just goes to show, remarked Pearlie, that you must never judge a woman in a kimono or a bathing suit.

savages. Dirty savages.

A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down. If it is a good book nothing can hurt him. If it is a bad book nothing can help him.

A person who publishes a book appears willfully in public eye with his pants down.

Strong sun, that bleach The curtains of my room, can you not render Colourless this dress I wear?— This violent plaid Of purple angers and red shames; the yellow stripe Of thin but valid treacheries; the flashy green of kind deeds done Through indolence, high judgments given in haste; The recurring checker of the serious breach of taste?

Nunca. Nunca, jamás, hay que caer en manos de un boludo. Porque si uno termina en manos de un boludo significa que uno también es un boludo. Un boludo más boludo aún que el boludo en cuyas manos cayó.

Uno no puede andar por la vida reprobando a sus rivales y disculpando a sus amigos por el solo hecho de serlo.